Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-02-04

snring him that wouId respect his
prohibition during the rest of Mr..
Georges canvass" His suspension oc-
Cured next day.
WHY HE DIDN'T GO TO ROME.
Then follows the conference during
Georges campaign, most of which was
given in the statement of Archbishop
Corrigan. 1t includes note from the
Archbishop enclosing the. second com.
mand from Cardinal Simeoni for DIR.
McGlynn to go to Rome, and request
frcm the Archbishop to be informed
definitely whether DR.. MeGlyun intended
to obey the summons. Ia his preliminary
answer to the published statements cf
the Archbishop DIR McGiynn complained
that his answer 10 tLis demand was gar.
bled. DR.. MeGlynn gives the text re-
ply as follows, himself emitting as will
be seen some OF his reasons furnished In
il for not obeying the mandate of the
Propaganda:
Most revered and dear archbishop:-I
find that shall not be able to 90 to
Rome. There are several personal
reasons. any of which must be
sufficient. l have had reason to feel
concerned about my health for some
time and my pbysic'ans order me not
to undertake the journey. Here follow
other reasoDs You have not teld me
why am summoned to Rome, but / csn
gather from your telegram to the Trib.
une, that it is because am an advocste
of certain doctrines about the owner
chip of lands. This 1 can
gather also from your letter Just
before you procured the telegram from
Rome. You said in that letter that the
result would have been more satisfacto-
ry if in my card 10 the Tribune had
retracted the latter portion OF the Tri-
bune report in which had been made to
resffrm said doctrines about land. As
l cannot go to Rome to give an
land l would say that I have
made it clear in speeches, in reported in
terviews and in published articles and l
repeat here have tiught and shall con-
tinue to teach in speeches and writings
as long as l live that land is right
fully the property of the people
in common and that the pri.
vate ownership Of land is against
natural justice, no matter by what evil
or ecclesiastical law it may be sane.
toned and would bring about Instant
ly If l could such change of law all
the world over as would confiscate
private property in land without one
penny of compensation to miscalied own
ers. In the Archbishop's published
statement he gives only the latter por.
ton of this letter. beginning with the
words s'my doctrine about land" The
reader may well wcnder that the Arch.
bishop, while stating that l said l could
not go to Rome, suppressed all of the
reasons which l gave for my ina
bility to 60, and also the rea-
son which l gave for reaffirming
my doctrinal position. DIR. McGlyun
concludes as follows: '.ReaffirmiDg
what said in my letter to the Arch
bishop sent by the hand of Mr.. Henry
George. that in becoming priest did
not eyade the duties nor surrender the
rights of man and citizen. l deny the
right of Bishop, Propaganda or Pope to
punish me for my actions as a
man and citizen in the late municipal
canvass, or in other political movements.
1 deny their right to censure me or 10
punish me for my opinions in political
economy, unless they can show that
these opinions are clearly contrary to
the teachings of the Christian religion.
This they have not sho xn, aad know |
they cannot show it. 1 have rot ap-
psaled to Rome frcm the Judgment of |
the Archbishop, and 1 have no de-
sire TO do SO. deny the right
of Bishop, Propaganda or Pope |
to order me 10 Rome. The |
vow OF obedience Of the priest. OF which |
so many absurd things have been said |
within the last few weeks, is simply a |
promise to obey the church authorities |
in matters concerning the priests duties |
Of religion. 1t was monstrous TO imag- |
inc that this promise had not clear aud |
well defined limitations. My obligation
taken as a student of the Propaganda
was not as some seem to i'm
agine, to 60 wherever and
do whatever that institution should see
fit to command. but simply to return to
my native place and there devote my
self to the ministry of religion. In an
interview published in the World during
the late municipal canvass took occa-
sion from Monsignor Prestou's political
letter to admonish him and other
ecclesiastical diguitaries of the grave
danger of repeating the folly and shame
Of condemning scientific truth as re-
ligious heresy, shame. a folly. of
which their predecessors had been
guilty in condemning Galileo and Car
penicus. 1t seems that they are fated
to repeat this crime and b.under and
add another to the many rea-
sons that have made men look upon
ecclesiastical authority as one d the
greatest foes of scientific progress. of
national development and of rational
liberty, and in large part hindrance
rather than help in the way of bring
ing to the whole world the light and the
purity and the comfort that comes from
the teachings and the minis.ration of
Christ.
(Signed) EDWARD McGLYNN.
Archbishop Corrigan sailed for Hav-
ans this afternoon before Dr.. McGiynn's
answer was made public.
INDIANA REPUBLICANS.
They will COmreSt Senator Tuf.